Hacking clock at Chess.com

Hi All,

I have always fallen into this trap and lost the game. Somehow my opponent (this time it was [removed, public accusations not allowed -- VP]) won the game by hacking my clock. Both clocks (his and mine) started blinking when he knew he lost the game. Then my connection was disconnected and when I rejoined he already won. See the screen shot below. I was playing the white pieces.

This problem is really making me think whether to use the portal anymore or not.

Regards,

Anirban

[removed image due to accusations -- VP]

You could have been disconnected because of poor internet.

You came back to him as the winner because when you disconnect you abandon the game. 

Also, I wouldn't name and shame, it's against https://www.chess.com policy.

Not possible to hack the clock.

You lost connection, and therefore the game.

No that's actually really weird.

I've lost connection before, you get at least a few minutes to rejoin before it kicks you out. In 10 minute chess, you get 2 minutes to rejoin at least. In 30 minute chess you have 6 minutes to rejoin I think. I've played opponents who lost connection a lot and they still did fine due to this rule.

A wizard did it, I tells ya.  I've never read any Harry Potter books, but I would so read "Harry Potter and the Falling Flag".

Similar thing happened to me.I just played the game against lewiseisen.I had about 30 sec on my clock and he had about 20.suddenly,on his move,his clock started to blink,and reset time to time.when he made a move,about 20-30 second later,my time was out and i lost that game.conlusion is-he was on move but apparently on my time.

and no,i didnt lost connection.that was my first thought,but i looked at it all the time.i was there.

Please read https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/articles/1444918 for an explanation of what is most likely happening with your clock: it's not possible for it to be something that your opponent is doing.

Guys,

You are not understanding the situation. I have a very fairly high-speed connection which never goes out. This is not the first time I faced such issue. How come my connection go out exactly when I reach a decisive position. Both our clock starts blinking and I loose my internet connection only in chess.co. However, I can still open other websites at the same time.

@VP - I see you have removed the name of the opponent who did it. Why don't you investigate his account and check how often he won when his opponent lost connection. This is not internet issue for sure.

Itis possible to hack clocks on chess.com super annoying seen it happen to me

I don't know about the blinking business, but on two occasions in 10 minute chess I have had the following happen. I am ahead in material on the board and check the time to make sure  I am not in time trouble. I see that I am also ahead on time by a lot (2-3) minutes and there is about 5-6 min. left in game total. I make my move. My opponent goes off line, comes back on line and moves. Before I can move again I get a timeout loss. I make notes of the player names now and abort games before starting with them again. 

I have playing for a while and its getting to where im afraid to play on my computer. Its ovious that people are cheating and I had someone trying to log into my computer. Its a shame that people are ruining things for the people who enjoy the game.

On the blinking business, I have had several recent games where the clocks display on both sides stopped and started blinking. Then when I tried to go out and come back in I could not access chess.com. Something fishy going on. Not sure if it is my opponent on this one or just some malware by a third party. Really annoying to have this happen on an otherwise terrific website. Hope the admins can find and fix whatever is going on. 

Who is the opponent's name

I couldn't get back in to find the game so I let it go twice. I will try to keep records better but I think this locking up may not be my opponent. Will report it next time.

LOL... reading  https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/articles/1444918.

As a programmer myself, I can say that yes, they could all possibly cause a disconnect in some way, just like a cosmic supernova could rip away Earth's atmosphere tomorrow.

Software has bugs, and even the most seasoned software has security holes.  The onus is on chess.com to determine why this is happening.  Until then, try playing on a different site.

Yes, they did hack the clock. 

I have good connection, and good internet.  It displayed that my opponent's time was running, and when their time ran out, they didn't lose. Then, I decided to reload the page. It displayed that I lost.

That's why I do not play live chess anymore.

Hi all, how is it possible that I lost? https://www.chess.com/live/game/3528359016

felt like cheating...